✨ Luggage and Parcels Rates




LUGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

  1. Storage--Parcels traffic not delivered within the periods indicated will be charged storage as follows:
Day of Arrival and Seven Consecutive Days Thereafter Per Week or Part of a Week Thereafter
Articles and packages conveyed at parcels rates, not otherwise specified Free 7d. per package.
Two or more articles or packages charged on grouped weight Free Computed on total weight of each consignment at a rate of 1s. per cwt or fraction of a cwt.

|Motor cycles|Free|1 0|

  1. Parcels Not Claimed within six months may be sold.

  2. Fresh Fruit, Fresh Vegetables, Fresh Mushrooms, and Nuts

  3. Charges--Except as provided in paragraphs 2, 3, and 4 hereof, fresh fruit, fresh vegetables, fresh mushrooms, and nuts grown and packed in New Zealand (including Cook Islands or Niue) in consignments not exceeding 2 cwt in weight, whether conveyed as excess luggage or consigned, will be charged as follows:

Miles Not Exceeding Weight Not Exceeding
28 lb 56 lb
s. d. s. d.
20 .. 1 0
40 .. 1 0
60 .. 1 6
90 .. 1 6
120 .. 1 6
150 .. 2 0
180 .. 2 0
220 .. 2 6
270 .. 2 6
320 .. 2 6
370 .. 3 0
420 .. 3 0
480 .. 3 6
540 .. 3 6
Over 540 .. 3 6
  1. The charges for fruit, tomatoes, and mushrooms conveyed under the provisions of paragraph 1 hereof and packed in cardboard boxes or paper parcels will be increased by 25 per cent.

  2. For the purposes of this section artichokes, beetroot, carrots, garlic, kumaras, marrows, melons, onions, parsnips, potatoes, pumpkins, sweet corn on cobs, and turnips are deemed to be fresh vegetables and will be charged accordingly.

Fresh fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, or nuts contained in suit-cases or similar containers are not considered "packed" in accordance with trade usage, and will be charged parcels rates as per section 55.



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✨ LLM interpretation of page content

πŸš‚ Storage Charges for Luggage and Parcels

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Luggage, parcels, storage charges, weekly rates, grouped weight, motor cycles

πŸš‚ Sale of Unclaimed Parcels

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Parcels, unclaimed, sale, six months

πŸš‚ Charges for Fresh Produce Consignments

πŸš‚ Transport & Communications
Fresh fruit, vegetables, mushrooms, nuts, New Zealand produce, consignment charges, excess luggage, cardboard boxes, paper parcels, suit-cases